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BASIC FUNCTION:

The Teagasc post-doctoral programme provides training and development opportunities for early career scientists that enhances their experience of learning and equips them with the necessary skills for the next stage of their chosen career in research.

This is a research foc...

Basic Function:

The candidate appointed will provide technical support (Research farm and laboratory-based) for the research programme in the area of grass intake and feed efficiency determination across the range of livestock species dairy, beef and sheep.

The successful candidate will participate in a multi-partn...

Basic Function

The person appointed to this position will have a key role in assisting researchers with the compilation of animal data within the animal and grassland research programme at Moorepark.

The successful candidate should be able to work both independently and as part of a team in a variety of ...

Post Doctoral Research Fellow Level 1/2 (PD1/2) - Digestion - Vistamilk (Ref: 38)

Basic function of the role:

A research scientist at post-doctorate level is required in this platform to develop new approaches for next generation DNA sequencing based (and other Omics-based) analysis in a new National Centre in the Food-Agri-ICT area.

The researcher will need to stay abreast...

Post Doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 (PD1) - Investigating Strategies to Quantify and Mitigate Methane Output in Sheep Production Systems (Ref: 56)

Background to the role:

The Post-Doctoral Fellow will work as part of an interdisciplinary team on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine funded European ERA-GAS project, 'GrassToGas: Strategies to mitigate greenhouse ...

Technologist - Dairy Cow Nutrition (Temporary) (Ref: 61)

Background to the role:

It is perceived that pasture-fed dairy cows produce superior milk for human consumption than those from mixed ration-based indoor production systems.

As only ~10% of global dairy production originates from pasture based feeding strategy’s the Irish dairy industry, is well placed to capitalize o...

Background to the role:

Teagasc is a Development Agency of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

The primary function of Teagasc is to support science-based innovation in the Agri-food sector and the broader bio-economy.

Teagasc is seeking to rec...

Basic function of the role:

•Development and testing of new milking management strategies for dairy cattle.
•Development and implementation of optimisation strategies for increasing milking efficiency while improving milk quality and animal health.
•Interacting with industry and acad...

Research Officer - Robotics Engineering - VisioBot Project (Temporary) (Ref: 57)

Background to the role:

The research officer will work as part of a team based in the Food Chemistry and Technology Department located in Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork.

Their principal responsibility will be to further advance a robotic test bed for evaluation of th...

Basic Function:

To develop, lead and implement a pasture grazing research programme with emphasis on some or all of the following:

• Pasture production and utilisation under grazing;
• Animal intake and performance under grazing;
• Sustainable grazing management systems;
• Grassland feed planning and budgeting.

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Basic Function:

To develop, lead and implement a research programme in the area of grass-based systems of beef production with particular emphasis on:

• Profitable and sustainable grass-based systems of suckler beef production;
• Factors affecting animal performance at pasture;
• Grass productio...

Basic Function:

To develop, lead and implement a research programme in the area of suckler beef genetics, nutrition and their interaction with particular focus on the following:

• Genetic and nutrition factors influencing suckler beef productivity;
• Increasing animal performance from both grazed and conserved fo...